Lost the keys to my gas cap need help!! lol

[Coronadj]

So I am working on my 69 c10 short bed project and one day I left my keys to it out in the open and my baby brother grab them and now i can't find them. but lucky I left the truck unlock so I was just gonna take on the door lock and take it to a shop that make a key so i can lock it and turn it on. but now I don't have the to the gas cap so whats the best way on taking off a gas cap with out anything going in the gas tank?

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Coronadj

So I am working on my 69 c10 short bed project and one day I left my keys to it out in the open and my baby brother grab them and now i can't find them. but lucky I left the truck unlock so I was just gonna take on the door lock and take it to a shop that make a key so i can lock it and turn it on. but now I don't have the to the gas cap so whats the best way on taking off a gas cap with out anything going in the gas tank?

Is there a number stamped into the face of the cylinder where the key goes in?

LockDoc

[Coronadj]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Is there a number stamped into the face of the cylinder where the key goes in?

LockDoc

I will have to check tomorrow when I go back to my storage yard. But i think it does, its a brand new gas cap I got it about two months ago. From orange county chevy truck parts.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Coronadj

I will have to check tomorrow when I go back to my storage yard. But i think it does, its a brand new gas cap I got it about two months ago. From orange county chevy truck parts.

If there is and you know the brand name of the cap you should be able to go to a full service locksmith shop and get a key cut for it from that code number. That or maybe call the company that made it and get a key for it through them.

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[kwmech]

Gas cap is one of the easiest locks to pick

[markedgar5]

Be careful. I tried rippin one off due to no key. Now have half a gas cap in tank bottom. Gonna get it out as soon as it gets warm.

[jabborabbo]

Originally Posted by kwmech

Gas cap is one of the easiest locks to pick

Yup...probably be able to do it with a Google search to create and use a couple of properly bent paperclips....

Don't let the wife know though...otherwise you'll be replacing all your house locks with high-dollar secure locks!

[MYGMCANDME]

I lost the key to the locking gas cap on my '75 Corvette several years ago. I drove it to the local locksmith shop and she took a blank key that fit it, inserted it and turned it back and forth several times. She pulled the blank out and went in side and hand filed the key based on the tumbler marks left on it. It took here about 5 minutes and she had a working key that unlocked my gas cap. It was a good thing because I don't think I had enough gas in the tank to get back home
I was pretty impressed with her ingenuity. I'm still using that key today.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by MYGMCANDME

I lost the key to the locking gas cap on my '75 Corvette several years ago. I drove it to the local locksmith shop and she took a blank key that fit it, inserted it and turned it back and forth several times. She pulled the blank out and went in side and hand filed the key based on the tumbler marks left on it. It took here about 5 minutes and she had a working key that unlocked my gas cap. It was a good thing because I don't think I had enough gas in the tank to get back home
I was pretty impressed with her ingenuity. I'm still using that key today.

That's called impressioning a key. I'm sure she had to make a couple of trips back to the car to re-insert it to re-mark it, as she filed it. I've made a few like that in my day....

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